Advice on unit of study choice for first year students in IT-combined degrees

This advice applies to students who enrolled in the BIT/BCom, BIT/BSc, BIT/BMedSc, BIT/BA and BIT/LLB degrees in 2013. If you enrolled in an earlier year, the degree rules that apply to you are different, and you should seek individual advice. If you are in a different degree, you should seek guidance from the advisor responsible for that degree.

Overview

At the start of the year, students enrol in units of study for both semesters.

The normal load is 24 credit points per semester; a student must enrol in at least 18 credit points per semester to be regarded as “full-time” for youth allowance, scholarship and visa requirements.

You choose subjects for the whole year when you enrol, but these choices can be changed later.

Check the Important Dates website for the last day to add a unit of study and the last day to withdraw a unit of study (without penalty).

All students in the BIT combined degree must enrol in:

The degree has two streams, Computer Science and Information Systems. A student has to specialize in one of them orboth. There is no difference in subjects chosen in Year 1.

12 credit points of first-year (Junior) Mathematics - there is a wide choice for this, depending on the level of the student’s mathematical background (see below).

BIT/BCom

Year/Sem

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Year 1

Sem 1

INFO1103: Introduction to Programming

MATH1001: Differential Calculus &

MATH1002 Linear Algebra

ENGG1805: Professionalism in Engineering and IT

BUSS1001: Understanding Business

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

Year 1

Sem 2

INFO1905: Data Structures (Advanced)

MATH1003: Integral Calculus &

MATH1005: Statistics

ELEC1601: Foundation of Computer Systems

BUSS1030: Accounting, Business and Society

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

TOTAL

48cp

BIT/BSc

Year/Sem

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Year 1

Sem 1

INFO1103: Introduction to Programming

MATH1001: Differential Calculus &

MATH1002: Linear Algebra

ENGG1805: Professionalism in Engineering and IT

Unit of Study for Science Major

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

Year 1

Sem 2

INFO1905: Data Structures (Advanced)

MATH1003: Integral Calculus &

MATH1005: Statistics

ELEC1601: Foundation of Computer Systems

Unit of Study for Science Major

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

TOTAL

48cp

BIT/BMedSc

Year/Sem

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Year 1

Sem 1

INFO1103: Introduction to Programming

MATH1001: Differential Calculus &

MATH1002: Linear Algebra

ENGG1805: Professionalism in Engineering and IT

PHYS1002: Physics 1 (Fundamental)

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

Year 1

Sem 2

INFO1905: Data Structures (Advanced)

MATH1003: Integral Calculus &

MATH1005: Statistics

ELEC1601: Foundation of Computer Systems

PHYS1003: Physics 1 (Technological)*

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

TOTAL

48cp

*Students can replace PHYS1003 with the subject COSC1003: Introduction to Computational Science

BIT/BA

Year/Sem

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Year 1

Sem 1

INFO1103: Introduction to Programming

MATH1001: Differential Calculus &

MATH1002: Linear Algebra

ENGG1805: Professionalism in Engineering and IT

Unit of Study for Arts Major

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

Year 1

Sem 2

INFO1905: Data Structures (Advanced)

MATH1003: Integral Calculus &

MATH1005: Statistics

ELEC1601: Foundation of Computer Systems

Unit of Study for Arts Major

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

TOTAL

48cp

BIT/LLB

Year/Sem

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Unit/Cp

Year 1

Sem 1

INFO1103: Introduction to Programming

MATH1001: Differential Calculus &

MATH1002: Linear Algebra

ENGG1805: Professionalism in Engineering and IT

LAWS1006: Foundation of Law

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

24cp

Year 1

Sem 2

INFO1905: Data Structures (Advanced)

MATH1003: Integral Calculus &

MATH1005: Statistics

ELEC1601: Foundation of Computer Systems

LAWS1012: Torts

LAWS1013: Legal Research 1

6cp

6cp

6cp

6cp

0cp

24cp

TOTAL

48cp

Notes on Mathematics unit of study choice

Students should complete 6 credit points of Mathematics each semester during their first year. There are a wide variety of alternative units of study offered, suited to different levels of previous experience: